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Last Hope Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045389
MRDS ID M233102
Record type Site
Current site name Last Hope Prospect
Alternate or previous names Elvira of Noral

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.76262, 39.75185 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 31 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernice Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037E 24 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF BERNICE CANYON, 3.3 MILES FROM MOUTH OF CANYON. JUST EAST OF AND BELOW MARGUERITE NO. 2 PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization Of Shale And Sandstone

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.20 OZ AG/TON, NO GOLD, AND 11.5% SB. ONE 20" X 48" POD CONTAINS ABOUT 35% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.76262, 39.75185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 70NW
    Width 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND VERTICAL WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, 2-3 INCHES WIDE IN ADIT WIDENS TO 20 INCHES AT BOTTOM OF WINZE, CONTAINS SMALL PODS, VEINLETS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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